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Looking for: Manageable Gbit ETH switch for 10" rack (8port+SFP, with PoE)
Yansi:
Yes, you can come up wit all sorts of junk mounting, but this will not work, if you need to fit two 10" devices onto a 19" rack - as that is what I am looking for.
The holes provided on the sides JL681A are definitely for rack ears, but for a long ones, that will fit into a 19" rack. So that the small box will occupy whole 19" unit.
When you design mobile equipment, you do want to be as space efficient as possible. I do not like transporting around boxes half filled with air.
madires:
It was just a suggestion for a less expensive solution. BTW, if you place a device on a shelf you don't need rackmount brackets for the rails. Since you mentioned mobile equipment, there are many nice 10" and 19" mini racks or frames on rolls.
Yansi:
Sure I do not need the rack ears or brackets there. But I still need the device to conform to an industry standard 10" rack size, otherwise 2 of those will simply not fit in a 19" rack next to each other. And that is the problem, as the damn switches rarely conform to the 10" rack size standard, are almost always bigger, in some random stupid size. >:(
I was quite surprised, as in the AV industry, 10" rack instruments are very common, so I thought the telco stuff must conform to the 10" rack standard too - there are heaps of sheet metal wallmount 10" telcom racks, but rarely does anything fit in there it seems.
madires:
In the world of data centers and carriers everything is 19". 10" is for small offices. So the best way to find 10" devices is to look for professional SOHO stuff. Another tip: based on the depth of your rack and devices you might be able to mount also stuff at the rack's back side (use half shelfes if needed).
Ranayna:
Yansi, i have to apologise.
In more than 15 years of IT, it never even occured once to me, that in the 19" and 10" Racks, the inner distance of the bars is actually less than that.
I always ever only dealt with standardized 19" hardware and never had to actually measure the width of equipment or racks.
That also explains why i could not find short brackets for that 10" HPE Aruba Switch :D
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